Mark 6:56

KJV1611 – Modern English

And wherever he entered, into villages, cities, or countryside, they laid the sick in the streets, and begged him that they might touch even the border of his garment: and as many as touched him were made whole.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ὅπου ἂν εἰσεπορεύετο, εἰς κώμας, ἢ πόλεις, ἢ ἀγρούς, ἐν ταῖς ἀγοραῖς ἐτίθουν τοὺς ἀσθενοῦντας, καὶ παρεκάλουν αὐτὸν ἵνα κἂν τοῦ κρασπέδου τοῦ ἱματίου αὐτοῦ ἅψωνται: καὶ ὅσοι ἂν ἤπτοντο αὐτοῦ ἐσώζοντο.

Transliteration

And where an eiseporeuto, into kōmas, or poleis, or agrous, in the agorais etithoun the asthenountas, and parekaloun him hina even the kraspedou of the himatiou of him hapsōntai: and as many as an hēptonto of him esōzonto.

Grammar Details

• *an*: modal particle with indefinite relative - ever/would
• *eiseporeuto*: imperfect middle indicative, 3rd person singular - he was entering
• *kōmas*: accusative, feminine, plural - villages
• *poleis*: accusative, feminine, plural - cities
• *agrous*: accusative, masculine, plural - fields/farms/countryside
• *agorais*: dative, feminine, plural - marketplaces/public squares
• *etithoun*: imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural - they were placing/laying
• *asthenountas*: present active participle, accusative, masculine, plural - being sick/weak
• *parekaloun*: imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural - they were begging/urging
• *hina*: conjunction introducing purpose clause - so that/in order that
• *kraspedou*: genitive, neuter, singular - fringe/border/hem
• *himatiou*: genitive, neuter, singular - garment/cloak
• *hapsōntai*: aorist middle subjunctive, 3rd person plural - they might touch
• *hēptonto*: imperfect middle indicative, 3rd person plural - they were touching
• *esōzonto*: imperfect passive indicative, 3rd person plural - they were being healed/saved

Word Meanings

• *eiseporeuto*: was entering/went into/came to
• *kōmas*: villages/hamlets/small towns
• *poleis*: cities/towns/urban centers
• *agrous*: fields/farms/countryside
• *agorais*: marketplaces/public squares/gathering places
• *etithoun*: were placing/laying/putting
• *asthenountas*: sick ones/weak ones/infirm
• *parekaloun*: were begging/urging/imploring
• *kraspedou*: fringe/border/hem/tassel
• *himatiou*: garment/cloak/outer robe
• *hapsōntai*: might touch/come in contact with
• *hēptonto*: were touching/making contact with
• *esōzonto*: were being healed/saved/made whole

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  And wherever He entered—villages, towns, or countryside—they laid the sick in the marketplaces and begged Him to let them touch even the edge of His cloak. And all who touched it were healed.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And whithersoever he entered, into villages, or cities, or country, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him that they might touch if it were but the border of his garment: and as many as touched him were made whole.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And wheresoever {G302} he entered, into villages, or into cities, or into the country, they laid the sick in the marketplaces, and besought him that they might touch if it were but the border of his garment: and as many as {G302} touched him were made whole.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And whithersoever he entered, into villages, or cities, or country, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him that they might touch if it were but the border of his garment: and as many as touched him were made whole.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And whyther soever he entred into tounes cities or villages they layde their sicke in the stretes and prayed him that they myght touche and it were but the edge of his vesture. And as many as touched him were safe.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And whither so euer he entred in to townes, cities or vyllagies, there layed they the sicke in the market place, and prayed him, that they might but touch the hemme of his garment. And as many as touched him, were made whole.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And whithersoeuer he entred into townes, or cities, or villages, they laide their sicke in the streetes, and prayed him that they might touch at the least the edge of his garment; as many as touched him, were made whole.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And whethersoeuer he entred, into townes, cities, or villages, they layde the sicke folkes in the streates, & prayed him that they myght touche and it were but the hemme of his garment: And as many as touched it, were made whole.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And whithersoever he entered, into villages, or cities, or country, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him that they might touch if it were but the border of his garment: and as many as touched him were made whole.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Wherever he entered, into villages, or into cities, or into the country, they laid the sick in the marketplaces, and begged him that they might touch just the fringe of his garment; and as many as touched him were made well.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and wherever he was going, to villages, or cities, or fields, in the market-places they were laying the infirm, and were calling upon him, that they may touch if it were but the fringe of his garment, and as many as were touching him were saved.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And wheresoever he entered, into villages, or into cities, or into the country, they laid the sick in the marketplaces, and besought him that they might touch if it were but the border of his garment: and as many as touched him were made whole.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And wheresoever he entered, into villages, or into cities, or into the country, they laid the sick in the marketplaces, and besought him that they might touch if it were but the border of his garment: and as many as touched him were made whole.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And wherever he went, into small towns, or great towns, or into the country, they took those who were ill into the market-places, requesting him that they might put their hands even on the edge of his robe: and all those who did so were made well.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Wherever he entered, into villages, or into cities, or into the country, they laid the sick in the marketplaces, and begged him that they might touch just the fringe of his garment; and as many as touched him were made well.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  And wherever he would go– into villages, towns, or countryside– they would place the sick in the marketplaces, and would ask him if they could just touch the edge of his cloak, and all who touched it were healed.

Referenced Verses

• Matt 9:20 : 20 And behold, a woman, who was diseased with an issue of blood for twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment.
• Mark 3:10 : 10 For he had healed many; so much that they pressed upon him to touch him, as many as had plagues.
• Num 15:38-39 : 38 Speak to the children of Israel and tell them to make fringes on the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and to put a blue cord on the fringe of the borders: 39 And it shall be for you a fringe, that you may look upon it and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that you do not follow after your own heart and your own eyes, in which you used to go astray:
• Luke 6:19 : 19 And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for power went out from him, and healed them all.
• Acts 5:15 : 15 So much so that they brought forth the sick into the streets and laid them on beds and couches, that at the least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them.
• Luke 8:44 : 44 Came behind him, and touched the border of his garment: and immediately her issue of blood stopped.
• Luke 22:51 : 51 And Jesus answered and said, Permit even this. And he touched his ear, and healed him.
• Acts 4:9 : 9 If we this day are judged for a good deed done to a helpless man, by what means he has been made well,
• Acts 4:12 : 12 Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.
• Deut 22:12 : 12 You shall make tassels on the four corners of your garment with which you cover yourself.
• 2 Kgs 13:21 : 21 As they were burying a man, they saw a band of raiders and cast the man into the tomb of Elisha; when the man was let down and touched the bones of Elisha, he revived and stood on his feet.
• Mark 5:27-28 : 27 When she had heard of Jesus, came in the crowd behind, and touched his garment. 28 For she said, If I may only touch his clothes, I shall be whole.